MOST women dream of an hourglass figure - but for Kelly Lee Dekay sculpting her waist has become an obsession.
Inspired by her favorite comic book characters, Kelly, a fetish model, has shrunk her waist to a minuscule 16 inches using a steel boned tight-laced corset. The 27-year-old, from New York, started 'waist training' seven years ago after being inspired by the extreme shapes of voluptuous Jessica Rabbit and Marvel super-heroine 'Storm'.
Kelly, who studies fashion, said: 'Growing up I just loved the exaggeration of styles and the beautiful costumes that comic book characters would wear and that led to the aesthetic that led to tight-lacing. 'I like that they wore their personalities externally. 'I do understand their measurements can't ever possibly be achieved because they would break.'I think it's interesting how fabric and thread can just easily manipulate the body to do such an extreme silhouette though. ' Growing up, Kelly was a tomboy, and says that corset training has helped her to overcome childhood shyness.
She said: 'As a little girl I was very shy and I loved the way comic books portrayed the characters.
But despite the limitations, Kelly has no plans to hang up her corset, despite facing some negative comments online.
She said: 'I get mixed reactions. 'Some people really love it, some people really hate it, but I always did it for myself - I didn't really do it for people's reactions. 'I love modifying and its often mistaken that modification is being a means of not loving yourself but I modify because I can, because it's fun. 'People say that it looks unnatural, but I have big bright blue hair - what part of me screams that I want to be like everybody else?'
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